On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET)
Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which
> > > does pretty much the same as the -r option of touch(1) and
> > > truncate(1). Basically, it let's you "copy" ownerships and
> > > group memberships from one file to another, which is useful
> > > in scripts.
> >
> > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R"
>
> Why exactly is that cause for concern?
Because "cp" uses "-r" in the same way chown uses "-R".
> What character would you suggest instead? touch(1) and
> truncate(1) also use "-r".
But they don't work recursivly.
What about "-c" (_c_opy)?
Bye,
Alexander.
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